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We'll begin this tutorial, by creating a new canvas with a size of your choice. Now hit "X" then "D" on your keyboard to make the foreground black and background white. Next setect the text tool and choose the text you wish to work with. I chose "Palatino" as text at a size of 91.
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A Flash tutorial showing you how to create a gallery, with a shrinking square transition, using advanced actionscript. Before we open Flash, the way that the images are going to be handled will be explained. First of all 5 large images and thumbnail images will be imported to the library.
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In this tutorial you will learn how to properly replace objects in images to create a believable switch - in this case the basketball with planet Earth with realistic shadows. You will learn about selections, transformations, shadow creation and more.
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Sooner or later we need to mask some complex objects. Photoshop knows about it, and is ready for this work with the inexhaustible amount of tools and functions. This means that it is only up to us which way you choose. Which way is the best for masking of plushy teddy bear?
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I suppose that each of you saw the logo of Vodafone company. Yes â€“ that 3D drop. They have it in ads, in the Internet and they have sticked all their cars with this drop. You see, it exactly starts with cars. So that we should start here as well.
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This tip explains a method of creating some great looking smooth metal, for use in your interfaces, website layouts, skins, etc. The great thing though is that once you've followed this tutorial one time, you'll have a cool Layer Style which you can instantly apply to other images in the future a
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Most digital cameras have a black and white shooting mode. However, this usually does nothing more than create identical Red, Green, and Blue channels in the final picture file. Black and white film aficionados generally find the results from digital cameras lacking, though--you can do much better
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It is proven that by using software shortcuts can boost up productivity. Here are 30 secret Photoshop shortcuts that Iâ€™ve learned from years of experience. Well, what I mean by "secret" is that these shortcuts are not documented in the menus. Keep reading and you will find how these shortcuts can
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One of the best sites around for desktops has to be Desktopography. Inspired by their amazing work today we are going to put together a sunset image mixing some vector shapes and dusky lighting effects to produce a slick image that would make a nice album cover for a chillout mix!
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In this tutorial, I will be explaining a very simple and straightforward way of creating Skyâ€™s latest logo. We will be using layer styles and adjustment layers to achieve a transparent glass effect, which will come in handy for many other graphics too.
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Ever wondered how people use photoshop to change someoneâ€™s eye color? People which naturally are brown suddenly showing up in a perfect shade of blue on posters, websites, magazines, etcetera? Itâ€™s a lot easier than you might expect and after reading this tutorial you will be able to do it too.
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There are times when a regular photo just doesn't cut it and you need your photo to pack a punch. Here is one technique that you may find useful. As with all photo-based techniques, it doesn't really make up for having a crappy photo though, so if you are trying to rescue something ugly don't ge
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In this tutorial we're going to use some super layer effects and a bit of extra magic to make a lettering style that looks transparent and stunning. Because there is so much use of layer styles you need to download the sample PSD from the link at the bottom of the tutorial in order to follow along
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